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THE HARMONY OF VIRTUE

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488The Harmony of VirtueL ITTLETONThat, I believe, is yet before me.P ERCIVALI too have had experiences similar to yours, though different intheir nature and quality. I have sickened of the repeated weaknessand selfishness of my life, I have experienced in my soulthe sufferings of those I had injured. I can understand why theChristians believed Hell to be eternal; it was a memory in theself of the moral endlessness of those torments. But I had myrelease. I have lived in Elysium, I have trod the fields of asphodel.And in those happy experiences I have deepened thestrength and quality of my love, intensified the swiftness of myemotions, refined and purified my taste and intellect.L ITTLETONWhat is this world in which we meet?P ERCIVALThe heaven of comrades.

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